Battle Scars (feat. Lupe Fiasco)

The wound heals, but it never does

That's 'cause you at war with love

You at war with love, yeah

These battle scars don't look like they're fading

Don't look like they're ever going away

They ain't never gonna change

These battle

Never let a wound ruin me

But I feel like ruin's wooing me

Arrow holes that never close from Cupid on a shooting spree

Feeling stupid 'cause I know it ain't no you and me

But when you're trying to beat the odds up

Been trying to keep your nods up and you know that you should know

And let her go, but the fear of the unknown

Holding on another lover's phone sends you back into the zone

With no Tom Hanks to bring you home

A lover, not a fighter on the frontline with a poem

Trying to write yourself a rifle

Maybe sharpen up a song

To fight the tanks and drones of you being alone

I wish I never looked, I wish I never touched

I wish that I could stop loving you so much (Much)

'Cause I'm the only one that's trying to keep us together (Yeah)

When all of the signs say that I should forget her (Uh-huh)

I wish you weren't the best, the best I ever had (Best, had)

I wish that the good outweighed the bad (Yeah)

'Cause it'll never be over until you tell me it's over (It'll never be over until you tell me it's over)

These battle scars don't look like they're fading (Yeah)

Don't look like they're ever going away

They ain't never gonna change

These battle scars don't look like they're fading

Don't look like they're ever going away

They ain't never gonna change

These battle (Then just leave, then)

You shouldn't have, but you said it (And I hope you never come back)

It shouldn't have happened, but you let it

Now you're down on the ground screaming, "Medic!"

The only thing that comes is the post-traumatic stresses

Shields, body armors, and vests

Don't properly work, that's why you're in a locker full of hurt

The enemy within and all the fires from your friends

The best medicine is to probably just let her win

I wish I couldn't feel, I wish I couldn't love

I wish that I could stop 'cause it hurts so much (So much)

And I'm the only one that's trying to keep us together (Yeah)

When all of the signs say that I should forget her (Yeah)

I wish you weren't the best, the best I ever had (Best, had)

I wish that the good outweighed the bad (Uh-huh)

'Cause it'll never be over until you tell me it's over (Can never be over until you tell me it's over)

These battle scars don't look like they're fading

Don't look like they're ever going away

They ain't ever gonna change

These battle scars don't look like they're fading

Don't look like they're ever going away

They ain't ever gonna change

These battle

'Cause you set me on fire (Fire)

I've never felt so alive, yeah

No, hoping wounds heal, but it never does

That's because you at war with love

And I'm at the point of breaking (Uh-huh)

And it's impossible to shake it (Yeah)

See, you hope the wound heals, but it never does

That's 'cause you at war with love

Hope it heals, but it never does

That's 'cause you at war with love

These battle scars don't look like they're fading (Yeah)

Don't look like they're ever going away (Uh-huh)

I ain't ever gonna change (Never, never)

These battle scars don't look like they're fading (Yeah, uh-huh)

Don't look like they're ever going away (Never)

They ain't never gonna change (Never)

These battle scars don't look like they're fading (Uh-huh)

Don't look like they're ever going away

I ain't ever gonna change

These battle